Omaha daily bee., 1887-07-18
ANOTHER BOOM FOR DAVID.
Governor Hills Friends Again Pushing
Him For the Presidency.
THEFLAo OF UcEwlTHoRAwN.
Cleveland's Big Mistakes Open the
Way For a New and Open War.
fare on the Executive IN
New York.
Hiil Coming to the Front.


New YORK, July 17.-lSpecial Telegram
to the BEE. l-Considerable and important
changes in the tone and talk of the New
York democrats have taken place within two
or three weeks. 1t has been growing since
President Cleveland revoked the rebel flag
order and changed his purpose with refer
ence to the visit to St. LOUIS. Prior to that
time. while the workers of the party were all
sore and disgusted with the president, they
were in measure tOngue-ted. Most of
them had made up their minds that the pres
ident would be renominated and that they
could not afford to antagonize him. Others
still were convinced that a bargain existed
between the president and Governor Hill
which would prevent them from taking up
Hill as the only available man for a candi-
date against Cleveland.
That there has been and still Is an under
standing between Hill and Cleveland is now
acknowledged by both friends Of the presi-
dent and friends OF Governor Hill. 1t was
the result of dinner conference at the house
of Secretary Whitney less than a year ago,
at which the guests were Governor Hill,
Daniel Manning and Smith NJ. Weed. Ac-
cOrding to q we'll authenticated report, at
that dinner Secretary Manning told Cover
nor Hill what he thought of the New York
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In the secretary's opinion President Cleve-
land was sure of denomination, either with
or without New York's cooperation and as
sistance He said to Governor Hill that
even If New York should be solid agai nst
Cleveland the other states would renominate
him and leave New York in a most ludicrous
and disgraceful situation. He pointed
out to Governor Hill also the fact that
by such a result in the national
convention, all the governors chances for
such advancement would be gone, and en-
deavOred to show him that his wisest course
as q politician was to accept the inevitable,
assisting Cleveland's denomination and cleo
ton. and then take his own chances of pres
idental succession at a later period. The
discussion of the situation was full and
the rank and file OF The party were exceed
ingly sore on the administration, but he
warned Governor Hill that before the close
of the presidents term there would be such
wholesale removal of republican office
holders who would be supplanted by dem
| Ocrats that there would be no ground left for
complaint by the bitterest bourbon and
bitterest ant-civil service democrat in the
party. At that conference it was understood
| that If Governor Hill refrained from antagO-
nizing the president, leaving matters to drift
as they might, he should be renominated for
| governor and should not be opposed by the
administration as a presidential candidate in
| 1892
:, 1t was immediately after that conference
that the talk about hlm as presidential can.
near friends suddenly hushed up, and gradu-
| ally there came up from the democrats of the
state united declaration that Cleveland for
president and AN for governor ~ vas
| expressions smacked so strongly of a deal as
| to leave no question about it, and it has since
| been practically admitted by the followers of
| Hill, however, made no secret Of his inten-
ton to control the next democratic state COM
mittee, which would give HIM the key to the
situation In this state next year. He has
if possible, a majority OF the next senate,
which would give him the health office, the
Immigration commission, under the
law that has not yet gone int
within short time the governor
had apparently abandoned his de-
signs on the presidential nomination
ton has been the result OF the mistakes made
by President Cleveland by which he has
drawn on hlm the Ire and condemnation OF
the old soldier element and the patriotic and
loyal minded people of the north. Since the
rebel flag and st. Louis affairs any democrat
feels warranted in mocking the president.
and Governor Hills friends especially. al. are
ns H 1ess they they
say that Cleveland has lost SO much in popu;
surely be followed by defeat
and that the only safety for the party
| Is to turn to q new man-Hlll, of course
Lieutenant-Governor Jones last week made
speech in which he openly condemned the
order tor the return of the flags, and Others
of Hills friends have publicly taken similar
grounds. The growth of the labor party is
also used az club to break Cleveland's
head with. Hills friends are now asserting
that If the administration does not want the
party defeated next year Cleveland must
| withdraw in favor of Hill.